Comments on: The Gender Question

By: Almost Cured of Misogyny, Still Have a Cough » Timothy Green

Almost Cured of Misogyny, Still Have a Cough » Timothy Green — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:40:55 +0000

[...] brief as-promised follow-up to “The Gender Question.” I spent the weekend doing the layout for the summer issue, so our contributors are now [...]

By: The Gender Question, Part 2 » Timothy Green

The Gender Question, Part 2 » Timothy Green — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:05:39 +0000

[...] This is a follow-up to Monday’s post. [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:31:45 +0000

Thanks, Angie, that’s really sweet! I think I might have a hard time continuing the meme, though…I don’t think I know 15 bloggers. It’s hard enough keeping up with a handful!

By: angie

angie — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:25:28 +0000

Interesting post. (Blog award waiting for you at Gumbo Writer if you’re interested in such stuffs.)

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:43:10 +0000

I don’t know if it’s about questioning choices, I think it’s a relevant question, and one we’d actually kinda mused over at past meetings.

I always assume the narrator and author have the same gender, even when I’ve got the name right up on top of the page I usually don’t notice. I usually feel guilty about it, but maybe I should just think of it as a compliment like that!

By: Janis Lull

Janis Lull — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:22:34 +0000

There always will be. There will.

By: kathryn magendie

kathryn magendie — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:45:08 +0000

And there will always be someone writing in questioning the editor’s choices, won’t there?

“We Just Want it to be Healthy” – I couldn’t guess…and I didn’t even care – I wanted to read it again – and maybe once more.

I find sometimes when I’m reading a prose submission that I guess wrong on gender – when I “assume” the gender of the narrator and the gender of the writer are the same- which is really a compliment to the writer.